Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test
Memory tip (Letters, rhymes and chunks): Acronyms and sentences: first letters, in the same order as the list. Rhymes: listen for the same ending sound. Chunking: same digits, same order, just grouped. Choose the tool: numbers → chunks, lists → acronym or sentence, one fact → rhyme.
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- 1.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 1353755691. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 135 375 6591 (b) 135 375 56991 (c) 133 755 691 (d) 135 375 5691
- 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) bright (b) tell (c) main (d) sea
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for sock, guava, banana, watch, needle is “Silly ___ Big Wise Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cook (b) Grab (c) Mice (d) Dad
- 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) light (b) write (c) kite (d) done
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Frogs Runs (b) Runs Silly Love Frogs (c) Frogs Love Silly Runs (d) Silly Runs Love Frogs
- 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Silly Grab (b) Grab Wet Silly (c) Wet Grab Silly (d) Silly Wet Grab
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
- 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, rope, bucket? (a) Bakes Runs Nani (b) Runs Nani Bakes (c) Nani Runs Bakes (d) Runs Bakes Nani
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
- 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for shoe, van, candle, ladder, fan is “Seven ___ Crazy Lazy Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Aunty (c) Vines (d) Bakes
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, urn, jalebi, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUJV (b) UJVC (c) VJUC (d) UCJV
- 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Every ___ Play All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wet (b) Every (c) Love (d) Jolly
- 17.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
- 18.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) learn (c) say (d) write
- 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) ELPA
- 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 21.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) violet (b) indigo (c) orange (d) yellow
- 22.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) writing it tiny (c) a beat or a tune (d) no rhythm at all
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, onion, ice cream, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OLIU (b) LOIU (c) UIOL (d) OIUL
- 24.🎵 Which word does “string” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) tree (d) night
- 25.🎵 Which word does “bun” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) night (d) sun
- 26.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
- 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, urn, candle, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCUO (b) UCBO (c) UOCB (d) OUCB
- 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, pencil, needle, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNBW (b) PWNB (c) BNPW (d) WPNB
- 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for rose, kettle, orange, monkey is “___ Kids Only Mum”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mum (b) Fly (c) Red (d) Jump
- 31.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) splitting into groups (d) saying it backwards
- 32.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) brain (b) main (c) bake (d) train
- 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for guava, pillow, whistle, vase, orange is “Goats ___ Wet Vines Owls”. Which word fills the gap? (a) All (b) Bakes (c) Pigs (d) Wise
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) knee (b) spring (c) white (d) sea
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Seven Lions Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Up (c) Tea (d) Rani
- 38.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) clock (c) cake (d) sun
- 39.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) king (d) cake
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, igloo, spoon? (a) Ink Seven Ants (b) Ants Ink Seven (c) Seven Ink Ants (d) Ink Ants Seven
Answer key
- pupa
- 135 375 5691
- a rhyme
- main
- Grab
- done
- Runs Silly Love Frogs
- VIBGYOR
- Silly Wet Grab
- a silly, funny one
- chunking
- Nani Runs Bakes
- AANSAEA
- Vines
- CUJV
- Love
- a first-letter sentence
- know
- ELPA
- an acronym
- orange
- a beat or a tune
- LOIU
- king
- sun
- initials match the list
- OUCB
- WPNB
- an acronym
- Red
- splitting into groups
- bake
- in the same order
- MVEMJSUN
- Pigs
- white
- Rani
- sun
- king
- Ants Ink Seven
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